Meaning of LOBOTOMY
| Pronunciation: | | low'bâtumee
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[n] surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes |
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LOBOTOMY is a 8 letter word that starts with L. |
| | Synonyms: | | leucotomy, leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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| | See Also: | | psychosurgery, transorbital lobotomy | |
| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | 1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is said to have undergone. At ibm and elsewhere this term is used by both hackers and low-level management; the latter doubtless intend it as a joke. 2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order to replace or upgrade it. Some very cheap clone systems are sold in "lobotomised" form - everything but the brain. [jargon file] |
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| | Related Terms: | | amygdalotomy, ankylotomy, arteriotomy, blepharotomy, caesarean, cardiotomy, celiotomy, cholecystotomy, cirsotomy, coccygotomy, colpotomy, craniotomy, cystotomy, embryotomy, enterotomy, gastroenterotomy, gastrotomy, glossotomy, hebotomy, herniotomy, hysterotomy, laparotomy, lithotomy, mastotomy, nephrotomy, neurotomy, ovariotomy, pancreatotomy, phrenicotomy, pneumonotomy, prefrontal lobotomy, prostatotomy, psychosurgery, salpingotomy, sclerotomy, thoracotomy, thyrotomy, tonsillotomy, ureterotomy, urethrotomy |
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